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News 16 August 2002Launch at The Edinburgh Book Festival
The book offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Scotland, highlighting who holds power, influence and status. It presents an accessible but definitive analysis of Scotland at this crucial point in its history. It is £20.00 in hardback. Publicity
SOHO DON is the explosive biography of a shy, well-spoken South London boy from a respectable family who became a shadowy but powerful figure in the Soho underworld. It illustrates the extent of Howard's influence in the Soho of the 1950s and '60s before detailing his subsequent slide from power and, finally, his pathetic death in 1984. The book is published in hardback at £15.99.
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IF YOU'RE PROUD TO BE A LEEDS FAN is published in September at £9.99 in paperback. Leeds United FC have one of the worst reputations in the UK. They have been associated with shameful thuggery. As a staunch supporter of the team Tom Palmer tries to work out just why he remains true to Leeds.
If you want to review any of our titles or interview any of our authors please contact sharon.atherton@mainstreampublishing.com. To see a copy for possible foreign rights please contact lianne.harvey@mainstreampublishing.com.
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ANATOMY
OF THE NEW SCOTLAND (184018 6305) is being launched on August the
25th at the Edinburgh Book Festival. It coincides with the publication
of Power 150 in the Sunday Herald - a list of Scotland's most powerful.
The book is sponsored by BT Scotland. 
Michael
Connor, author of SOHO DON (184018 5996), published in September,
has done an interview for a new magazine called Splash. It is a new glossy
launched in October aimed at 'people over 45 who don't consider themselves
old.' 
Tom
Palmer, author of IF YOU'RE PROUD TO BE A LEEDS FAN (184018 5740)
is touring Yorkshire from October to November. The local television news
show, Calendar, and Radio Leeds will be covering the event in Leeds.
In the Leed's equivalent of Time Out, The Leeds Guide, Tom will be doing
an interview. The Bradford Telegraph and Argus are doing a page lead
review and interview. 
OMAN (184018
6070) is being reviewed in the November edition of The Middle East magazine.
They do a special issue each November to mark Oman's national day. There
is a possibility of a television documentary by the BBC, we'll know by
the end of this month. 